Thursday, March 19, 2015

How Do You Know Jesus and Aesop Were Different People? Were They Ever Seen Together?

Parables of Jesus is an old collection of stories. Remove three
of the 15 letters in this phrase and rearrange the 12 letters that
remain to get another old collection of stories. What is it?

So we all solved this in split seconds, but still...The answer is AESOP'S FABLES. Also in the fabulously rich history of storytelling.

Here's what "fable" gets you in photos:

Before the Pick a Range picks, a quick word from your hosts. We may be late with the blog post on Sunday. Maybe even very late on Sunday. But fear not, we'll post something eventually. [We're off to Mohonk for a knitting retreat weekend (me) and a guitar retreat weekend of one (Ross).]

Our tie-break rule: In
the event that a single round number is announced with a qualifier such
as "about" or "around" (e.g., "We received around 1,200 entries."), AND
two separate people picked the ranges of numbers just before and just after
that round number, the prize will be awarded to whichever entrant had
not already won a prize, or in the event that both entrants had won a
prize already or neither had, then to the earlier of the two entries on
the famous judicial principle of "First Come First Serve," (or in
technical legal jargon, "You Snooze, You Lose"). As of July 2012, this rule is officially no longer obsolete (and also I still just like having fine print).